$NTRS 1Q15 10-Q: As of March 31, 2015, total assets were 106.95Bil vs. $103.83Bil as of March 31, 2014. Total liabilities were $98.34Bil vs. $95.88Bil as of March 31, 2014. Long-term debt was $1.39Bil vs. $1.73Bil as of March 31, 2014. Foreign exchange trading income totaled $71.6MM, up $21.5MM vs. $50.1MM in 1Q14.

$FOXA just entered into a preliminary deal with Sky plc under which it will acquire all shares, or should I say remaining shares for a total value of $23 billion. The sleeping fox catches no poultry, but this fox just caught something that’s a lot bigger than poultry.

$CME said it appointed Julie Winkler and Kim Taylor to new roles on its management team. Winkler will serve as Chief Commercial Officer and Taylor will serve as President, Clearing and Post-Trade Services.

$GGG's BoD lifted regular quarterly dividend by 9% to $0.36 per common share. The dividend is payable on Feb. 1, 2017 to shareholders of record on Jan. 17, 2017. The company has about 55.8MM shares outstanding.

$ABT's BoD increased its quarterly common dividend to 26.5 cents per share from 26 cents per share. The dividend is payable on Feb. 15, 2017, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Jan. 13, 2017.

$VLY priced 8.4MM common shares in a registered public offering. $VLY plans to use proceeds for general corporate purposes, including to supplement the continued growth in the Valley National Bank's loan portfolio. The offering is expected to close on Dec. 13, 2016. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, is acting as sole book-running manager.